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WORLD, Page 45A Frosty Response
For years, Israel has been trying to steer Soviet Jews to the
Holy Land, only to have most of them veer off to the U.S. Jerusalem
complains that Jews who use exit visas for Israel to get out of the
U.S.S.R. should go to Israel. So there was some Israeli gloating
when the U.S. had to confess that it would be unable to accept most
of the 300,000 emigres, many of them Jewish, who are expected to
be leaving the Soviet Union during the next year. Israel said it
would happily take in 100,000 Soviet Jews by 1992. There is a good
chance, however, that at least some of the newcomers might
ultimately be housed in the occupied West Bank, where U.S. policy
strongly opposes Israeli expansion. Secretary of State Baker was
none too pleased with that prospect when Israel informally
requested $400 million in loan guarantees to build housing for new
emigrants. His frosty response: the U.S. was unlikely to be able
to find that sum "in this day of severe budget constraints."